Plant strategy to adapt to life in water: peculiarities of root system organization in Sagittaria sagittifolia and Alisma plantago-aquatica (Alismataceae)
The roots of aquatic plants are known to grow continuously in the low-oxygen environment, frequently encountering hypoxia, a common environmental stress that affects plant growth. Hypoxia disrupts normal physiological and metabolic processes, making necessary to adapt and maintain productivity. Stud...
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| description | The roots of aquatic plants are known to grow continuously in the low-oxygen environment, frequently encountering hypoxia, a common environmental stress that affects plant growth. Hypoxia disrupts normal physiological and metabolic processes, making necessary to adapt and maintain productivity. Studies on Sagittaria sagittifolia and Alisma plantago-aquatica (Alismataceae) have demonstrated that root aerenchyma formation is a crucial mechanism for mitigating the detrimental effects of hypoxia in both species. Alisma plantago-aquatica develops the schizogenous root aerenchyma, whereas S. sagittifolia forms a lysigenous aerenchyma. The actin cytoskeleton plays a specific role in the formation of both aerenchyma types. The differences in root aerenchyma development between S. sagittifolia and A. plantago-aquatica highlight their evolutionary adaptation to distinct aquatic environments, reflecting both their phylogenetic divergence within the family Alismataceae and high developmental plasticity. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-23a784d23db94cbd9e8561fcb47771012025-08-20T02:44:16ZengM.G.Kholodny Institute of BotanyUkrainian Botanical Journal0372-41232415-88602025-06-0182319720510.15407/ukrbotj82.03.197Plant strategy to adapt to life in water: peculiarities of root system organization in Sagittaria sagittifolia and Alisma plantago-aquatica (Alismataceae)Ovcharenko Yu.0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5527-504XShevchenko G.1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5826-025XM.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 2 Tereshchenkivska Str., Kyiv 01601, UkraineM.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 2 Tereshchenkivska Str., Kyiv 01601, UkraineThe roots of aquatic plants are known to grow continuously in the low-oxygen environment, frequently encountering hypoxia, a common environmental stress that affects plant growth. Hypoxia disrupts normal physiological and metabolic processes, making necessary to adapt and maintain productivity. Studies on Sagittaria sagittifolia and Alisma plantago-aquatica (Alismataceae) have demonstrated that root aerenchyma formation is a crucial mechanism for mitigating the detrimental effects of hypoxia in both species. Alisma plantago-aquatica develops the schizogenous root aerenchyma, whereas S. sagittifolia forms a lysigenous aerenchyma. The actin cytoskeleton plays a specific role in the formation of both aerenchyma types. The differences in root aerenchyma development between S. sagittifolia and A. plantago-aquatica highlight their evolutionary adaptation to distinct aquatic environments, reflecting both their phylogenetic divergence within the family Alismataceae and high developmental plasticity.https://ukrbotj.co.ua/archive/82/3/197actin microfilamentsaerenchymaalismataceaeaquatic plantslateral roots |
| spellingShingle | Ovcharenko Yu. Shevchenko G. Plant strategy to adapt to life in water: peculiarities of root system organization in Sagittaria sagittifolia and Alisma plantago-aquatica (Alismataceae) Ukrainian Botanical Journal actin microfilaments aerenchyma alismataceae aquatic plants lateral roots |
| title | Plant strategy to adapt to life in water: peculiarities of root system organization in Sagittaria sagittifolia and Alisma plantago-aquatica (Alismataceae) |
| title_full | Plant strategy to adapt to life in water: peculiarities of root system organization in Sagittaria sagittifolia and Alisma plantago-aquatica (Alismataceae) |
| title_fullStr | Plant strategy to adapt to life in water: peculiarities of root system organization in Sagittaria sagittifolia and Alisma plantago-aquatica (Alismataceae) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Plant strategy to adapt to life in water: peculiarities of root system organization in Sagittaria sagittifolia and Alisma plantago-aquatica (Alismataceae) |
| title_short | Plant strategy to adapt to life in water: peculiarities of root system organization in Sagittaria sagittifolia and Alisma plantago-aquatica (Alismataceae) |
| title_sort | plant strategy to adapt to life in water peculiarities of root system organization in sagittaria sagittifolia and alisma plantago aquatica alismataceae |
| topic | actin microfilaments aerenchyma alismataceae aquatic plants lateral roots |
| url | https://ukrbotj.co.ua/archive/82/3/197 |
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